Rollie

Last seen for girls in 1943 at #4,691 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys: #383
1893 · 22 births
Debut · boys: 1880
16 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 3,570
since 1880

Rollie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rollie has never cracked the top 300 here.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	—		#6,446	13
2024	—		#7,257	11
2023	—		#6,220	14
2022	—		#6,479	13
2021	—		#12,146	5
2020	—		#6,620	12
2019	—		#9,756	7
2018	—		#7,136	11
2017	—		#8,140	9
2016	—		#7,605	10
2015	—		#5,999	14
2014	—		#9,642	7
2013	—		#8,789	8
2012	—		#8,158	9
2011	—		#12,287	5
2010	—		—
2009	—		#10,994	6
2008	—		#12,553	5
2007	—		#6,622	12
2006	—		#9,585	7
2005	—		#9,115	7
2004	—		#11,356	5
2003	—		#6,715	10
2002	—		—
2001	—		#10,556	5
2000	—		#10,349	5
1999	—		#7,139	8
1998	—		#6,843	8
1997	—		#6,618	8
1996	—		#9,015	5
1995	—		#7,792	6
1994	—		#5,868	9
1993	—		#6,816	7
1992	—		#6,670	7
1991	—		#7,271	6
1990	—		#6,415	7
1989	—		#4,811	10
1988	—		#3,915	12
1987	—		#4,968	8
1986	—		#5,926	6
1985	—		#4,698	8
1984	—		#5,561	6
1983	—		#3,630	11
1982	—		#2,709	17
1981	—		#3,221	13
1980	—		#4,134	9
1979	—		#4,068	9
1978	—		#2,929	14
1977	—		#2,791	15
1976	—		#2,709	15
1975	—		#2,361	18
1974	—		#3,120	11
1973	—		#2,124	19
1972	—		#2,991	11
1971	—		#2,464	15
1970	—		#1,889	22
1969	—		#2,308	14
1968	—		#1,506	27
1967	—		#2,139	14
1966	—		#2,132	14
1965	—		#1,483	27
1964	—		#1,384	32
1963	—		#1,957	17
1962	—		#1,311	35
1961	—		#1,552	27
1960	—		#1,400	32
1959	—		#1,302	36
1958	—		#1,253	38
1957	—		#1,050	52
1956	—		#1,232	38
1955	—		#1,084	48
1954	—		#1,137	43
1953	—		#1,170	40
1952	—		#1,136	42
1951	—		#984	51
1950	—		#1,037	46
1949	—		#1,163	37
1948	—		#1,063	44
1947	—		#842	67
1946	—		#1,003	46
1945	—		#971	43
1944	—		#964	45
1943	#4,691	5	#956	49
1942	#4,124	6	#867	57
1941	—		#1,004	41
1940	—		#872	52
1939	—		#857	51
1938	—		#869	51
1937	—		#835	53
1936	—		#1,010	39
1935	—		#822	57
1934	—		#942	45
1933	—		#860	52
1932	—		#902	51
1931	—		#1,050	41
1930	—		#915	53
1929	—		#960	49
1928	—		#902	55
1927	—		#1,001	49
1926	—		#963	50
1925	—		#945	51
1924	#3,665	8	#1,058	45
1923	—		#860	62
1922	—		#999	50
1921	—		#1,011	48
1920	—		#947	53
1919	—		#850	60
1918	#4,809	5	#933	51
1917	—		#773	66
1916	—		#864	53
1915	—		#906	47
1914	—		#770	47
1913	—		#855	32
1912	—		#1,059	19
1911	—		#896	14
1910	—		#729	17
1909	—		#636	18
1908	—		#779	12
1907	—		#634	16
1906	—		#798	10
1905	—		#574	17
1904	—		#966	7
1903	—		#487	19
1902	—		#687	11
1901	—		#779	8
1900	—		#649	15
1899	—		#424	19
1898	—		#394	25
1897	—		#615	12
1896	—		#551	14
1895	—		#426	21
1894	—		#502	16
1893	—		#383	22
1892	—		#458	18
1891	—		#524	12
1890	—		#458	16
1889	—		#434	18
1888	—		#484	16
1887	—		#420	16
1886	—		#417	18
1885	—		#388	21
1884	—		#386	21
1883	—		#497	13
1882	—		#489	14
1881	—		#460	14
1880	—		#442	16

First appearance

1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rollie was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2000–2002, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys

Holding steady

811 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #6,446)
174 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #6,446)
447 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #6,446)
Biggest jump: 392 spots in 1905 (#966 → #574)
Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1904 (#487 → #966)

Rise & fade · boys

13 yrs to peak

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1893 at #383 (22 births)
Births halved by 1901, 8 yrs later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 61 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1911

Share of babies · boys

1 in 4,907

Highest: 1 in 4,907 boys born in 1898 were named Rollie (0.02%)
Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Its best rank, #383 in 1893, was only 1 in 5,105 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year

Era · boys

The 1920s

14.3% of all boys named Rollie (512) were born in this decade

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	167	#386 (1884)	#442
1890s	175	#383 (1893)	#474
1900s	133	#487 (1903)	#699
1910s	406	#729 (1910)	#864
1920s	512	#860 (1923)	#965
1930s	493	#822 (1935)	#906
1940s	481	#842 (1947)	#971
1950s	434	#984 (1951)	#1,139
1960s	239	#1,311 (1962)	#1,717
1970s	149	#1,889 (1970)	#2,745
1980s	100	#2,709 (1982)	#4,357
1990s	71	#5,868 (1994)	#7,045
2000s	62	#6,622 (2007)	#9,761
2010s	80	#5,999 (2015)	#8,612
2020s	68	#6,220 (2023)	#7,528

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rollie in 1916

boys

#864

53 births · 1 in 16,794 boys

Top boys' names in 1916

#1John50,043
#2William40,418
#3James35,569
#4Robert31,741
#5Joseph23,883
#6Charles23,612
#7George23,381
#8Edward17,005
#9Frank15,291
#10Thomas11,998
⋯
#864Rollie53

More about 1916

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 16,794 of them was named Rollie, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rollie

#856Lafayette54
#856Margaret54
#856Miller54
#864Rollie53
#864Denzil53
#864Garth53
#864Junious53
#877Burdette52
#877Cliff52
#877Glendon52

Tied with 12 names at #864; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915

Risers

↑ 2,568Tatsuo#3,392 → #824
↑ 1,088Hughes#1,878 → #790
↑ 410Angel#1,181 → #771
↑ 378Trinidad#1,181 → #803
↑ 354Rolla#1,306 → #952

Fallers

↓ 500Nicolas#804 → #1,304
↓ 468Collins#906 → #1,374
↓ 463Hilliard#952 → #1,415
↓ 383Arvo#952 → #1,335
↓ 363Rayford#941 → #1,304

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1916 →